WEBVTT 00:00.150 --> 00:01.900 - Good morning, afternoon, evening 00:01.900 --> 00:04.400 wherever you're watching this I'm Major Claire Vazquez, 00:04.400 --> 00:07.130 the Commander of the 77th Fighter Generation Squadron 00:07.130 --> 00:08.610 Gamblers, double down. 00:08.610 --> 00:09.690 - [Will and Joel] Double down. 00:09.690 --> 00:12.310 - All right and over to my left is? 00:12.310 --> 00:14.690 - I'm Lieutenant Will Smith also a 00:14.690 --> 00:16.220 77th Fighter Generation Squadron 00:16.220 --> 00:17.970 sortie generation flight commander. 00:18.970 --> 00:20.000 - And to my right. 00:20.000 --> 00:21.492 - Senior Master Sgt. Joel Banks, 00:21.492 --> 00:23.200 77th Fighter Generation Squadron 00:23.200 --> 00:25.453 sortie generation flight chief. 00:30.830 --> 00:33.440 - So the Fighter Generation Squadron is essentially 00:34.540 --> 00:38.610 an AMXS, 20th AMXS and split it down into 00:38.610 --> 00:40.690 its individual AMUs, 00:40.690 --> 00:45.620 and then implemented all of the resources and personnel 00:45.620 --> 00:49.200 and things that come inherent to a Squadron in the AMU. 00:49.200 --> 00:53.450 So basically the AMU stood up as an individual Squadron. 00:53.450 --> 00:56.330 So now we're more in line with the Fighter Squadron concept, 00:56.330 --> 00:59.734 which has their own commander which has their own TSA. 00:59.734 --> 01:02.317 (upbeat music) 01:04.776 --> 01:07.900 Two main things, so time and communication. 01:07.900 --> 01:11.410 20th AMXS, at one point it was over a thousand people, 01:11.410 --> 01:12.243 right? 01:12.243 --> 01:15.430 And just to finite amount of time and space 01:15.430 --> 01:17.430 that a commander has in their day, 01:17.430 --> 01:19.995 just dealing with the care and feeding of a thousand people. 01:19.995 --> 01:22.480 That's an incredible responsibility 01:22.480 --> 01:24.260 and one of the things that we get to do, 01:24.260 --> 01:27.150 and the Fighter Generation Squadron, because we have, 01:27.150 --> 01:29.640 we went from a thousand people in the 20th AMXs, 01:29.640 --> 01:33.260 to 336 in the 77 FTS. 01:33.260 --> 01:36.820 So that gives the commander, you know me a lot more time 01:36.820 --> 01:40.330 and space to communicate with everybody 01:40.330 --> 01:43.746 and to form those relationships, especially with Ops. 01:43.746 --> 01:46.329 (upbeat music) 01:48.520 --> 01:51.990 - We've had our pilots come out to the flight line 01:51.990 --> 01:55.250 and ride with our supers to see what an actual 01:55.250 --> 01:57.070 launch and recovery looks like. 01:57.070 --> 01:59.850 Kind of see the chaos and the crush that we go through 01:59.850 --> 02:01.240 on a day to day basis 02:02.310 --> 02:05.400 and they can see it from their perspective, 02:05.400 --> 02:07.810 and how the choices that they make, 02:07.810 --> 02:09.770 when they have to step to another spare 02:09.770 --> 02:14.040 or just what's maintenance capability really is. 02:14.040 --> 02:15.880 They get to see that first hand on the line 02:15.880 --> 02:18.980 and it gives them just more information, more knowledge 02:18.980 --> 02:21.230 so that they understand our world a lot more. 02:22.238 --> 02:24.821 (upbeat music) 02:26.240 --> 02:29.150 - A lot of AMXs across the Air Force they're massive 02:30.840 --> 02:34.090 you know, these ridiculous organizations can range anywhere 02:34.090 --> 02:36.630 from 500 to a thousand people 02:36.630 --> 02:41.630 and the commander is a single person with a singular focus 02:41.950 --> 02:46.140 and trying to manage, you know over the responsibilities 02:46.140 --> 02:49.750 and the needs and the wants of over a thousand people. 02:49.750 --> 02:52.400 But now that we've literally chop that into thirds, 02:52.400 --> 02:56.180 you know, I and my team we can spend a lot more time 02:56.180 --> 02:59.190 or we could dedicate a lot more of our time to renewing 02:59.190 --> 03:02.290 and refreshing that relationship with the families, 03:02.290 --> 03:04.490 making sure they are getting taken care of, 03:04.490 --> 03:07.723 especially as we start prepping enough for deployment. 03:08.997 --> 03:11.580 (upbeat music) 03:12.968 --> 03:14.510 My own page and if you don't follow that 03:14.510 --> 03:18.930 there is a 77 MTS spouses Facebook page. 03:18.930 --> 03:21.170 If you're not aware of it, you are a gambler spouse 03:21.170 --> 03:24.820 by all means, go there, follow it. 03:24.820 --> 03:26.890 There's a series of questions you have to answer, 03:26.890 --> 03:29.410 and then you'll be allowed entering the Facebook group, 03:29.410 --> 03:31.320 you know, saying hi to me, I don't know if 03:31.320 --> 03:33.130 Facebook still allows to poke people, 03:33.130 --> 03:38.130 but by all means, you can go ahead and poke me on Facebook. 03:38.797 --> 03:41.380 (upbeat music) 03:44.230 --> 03:45.176 Gamblers! 03:45.176 --> 03:47.676 - [Will and Joel] Double down!